England move above Brazil to fourth in Fifa rankings

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England have moved above Brazil to fourth in the Fifa world rankings, despite their recent run of poor form.

Fabio Capello's England side only reached the last 16 of last summer's World Cup and have not won their last two qualifying matches for Euro 2012.

Spain are top of the rankings, followed by the Netherlands and Germany.

Republic of Ireland (31st), Scotland (61st) and Northern Ireland (62nd) also climb the rankings but Wales stay in 114th place.

It is the first time England have been as high as fourth since 1997, after they reached the semi-finals of Euro 96.

However, Capello and his side have come under criticism after a poor World Cup and only managing a 2-2 draw against Switzerland at Wembley earlier this month - a result that the Italian coach blamed on fatigue.

Spain's haul of 1,871 points keeps them top and they are 210 points ahead of the Netherlands, who they beat in the World Cup final in South Africa last year.

Germany's 1,417 points moves them up to third, while England tally 1,146 points.

Brazil (1,130), Italy (1,059), Portugal (1,046), Croatia (1,033), Mexico (1,007) and Argentina (979) complete the top 10.

Fifa ranking points are accumulated according to results, the importance of the matches played and the strength of the opposing teams.

A team's total number of points is representative of a four-year period, calculated by the average number of points gained over the past 12 months and the average gained from older games, though that points total depreciates yearly.

Since they were knocked out of the World Cup by Germany just over a year ago, England have won five matches, including three qualifiers; drawn three, which includes two competitive games; and lost once - to France in a friendly.

BBC Sport - England move above Brazil to fourth in Fifa rankings

God knows why...
 
made me laugh, how the **** are we 4th?! XD
 
Had a discussion with Zonal Marking about this over Twitter.

Seems as though the South American countries have all dropped due to the 2007 Copa America no longer counting in the 4 year system. They will probably all go up again after this months tournament.

Still ridiculous that England are so high though. 4 year system is ridiculous. Makes no sense at all.
 
wtf?!? England 4th?
More importantly Mexico are up to 9th :)
 
Lucky enough to be in the top 10, let alone top 4. what a shambles
 
Just when we thought FIFA couldn't become any more useless. Scotland 61st, must say i'm disappointed at that, but theres a couple of games coming up, so wins will take us up :)
 
Yeah everyone knows England suck, but to be honest the countries lower than us really aren't that much better...
 
Well smack my *** and call me Judy!

How funny is that.
 
This is going to look even more hilarious once Brazil have won the Copa America XD
 
Pretty much reflects the world cup. The top 3 were good to watch (although Spain is a bit of an aquired taste) and the rest were absolute ****.

International football = zzzzzzzzz
 
Meh, rankings mean nothing, trophies do.
 
lol in 2007/08 we were 13th now we are 60something XD
 
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